Building and Installing RedRat3 LIRC Support - Version 0.4
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June 2008
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This is compiling against kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (Kubuntu 8.04 LTS)

Full instructions on how to build from CVS on a (reasonably) freshly built (i.e. no 
previous development) kubuntu 8.04 machine are below.


Install prerequisites/dependencies:

   sudo apt-get install cvs

   sudo apt-get install build-essential

   sudo apt-get install dialog

   sudo apt-get install automake

   sudo apt-get install libtool

   sudo apt-get install help2man

   sudo apt-get install libx11-dev


Obtain the latest source from LIRC CVS (Press the Enter key when asked for
the CVS password):

   cd ~

   mkdir lirc

   cd lirc

   cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@lirc.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/lirc login

   cvs -z8 -d:pserver:anonymous@lirc.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/lirc co lirc

(note - they have now already included a directory in the CVS source for lirc_redrat3)



Copy in required files (available from http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1933037&group_id=5444&atid=305444 or 
download from the RedRat website - lirc-rr3-0.4.tar.gz:

   configure.ac -> ~/lirc/lirc

   setup.data -> ~/lirc/lirc

   Makefile.am -> ~/lirc/lirc/drivers/lirc_redrat3

   lirc_redrat3.mod.c -> ~/lirc/lirc/drivers/lirc_redrat3

   lirc_redrat3.c -> ~/lirc/lirc/drivers/lirc_redrat3



Prepare the source to build the right driver:

   cd ~/lirc/lirc

   ./autogen.sh

   ./setup.sh



Select:


1) Driver Configuration->8) USB Devices-> t) RedRat3 IR Sender/Receiver

4) Save configuration and Exit



Build the software:

   make

   sudo make install



Load the new kernel module:

   sudo modprobe lirc_redrat3



Check it is recognised:

   dmesg



Test lircd - in one terminal window start the lircd daemon (like a windows service):

   sudo lircd -n



And in another test it can recognise a remote control:

   xmode2

(You should see an oscillosope style representation of the IR Codes)